Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [noun] [prep] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | And although you 're right that they 've been selling flowers for a long time , they underwent a massive re-fit recently . |
| 2 | They do not understand how they are harming earnings in the long run . |
| 3 | It is not something which presents too much of a problem , but it may be causing damage in the long term . |
| 4 | By paying now rather than waiting , shall I be saving money in the long run ? |
| 5 | But they were then held in remand in prison , and did n't really know how to defend themselves , so this project will be sending lawyers into the Long Houses of the indigenous peoples , trying to educate them about the process of Malaysian law , and work it into their system of customary law , which is known as ADAT , whereby within the Long House , all the community leaders and the members within the community debate disputes over land rights , the forest , the use of it , and try and get them to use their customary law with a knowledge of the Malaysian legal process in order to form associations and fight being thrown into prison because they 're trying to defend the forest . |
| 6 | Such a process has been taking place for a long time . |
| 7 | You see even when they tell the truth , if they 've been telling lies for a long time , even if they , when they tell the truth you do n't believe them |
| 8 | Denis Smith says … he 's known John for a long time and has just the experience and talent that Oxford need |
| 9 | He still seemed so real , so close that she could feel his disapproval , and somehow she felt he was using will-power from a long way off . |